Sat.Nov 21, 2015 - Fri.Nov 27, 2015

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3 Reasons to Hire Sourcers AND Recruiters

Spark Hire

Many staffing agencies refuse to keep their sourcing and recruiting as two separate functions. A lot of times, this is because there is a lack of knowledge when it comes to the true function of a sourcer. There are 3 key reasons why you should consider hiring sourcers in addition to your recruiters. 1. Sourcers are Boolean Experts. Sourcers are more than just administrative support, as ERE clearly points out in the earnings comparison between recruiters and sourcers.

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What HR Pros Can Do About the Lack of Women in STEM

TalentCulture

Thanks to the pace of innovation, STEM skills—science, technology, engineering, and math—are in increasingly high demand. It’s not a news flash that there’s a lack of diversity (and women) in STEM jobs, and this presents an opportunity for HR pros. Make sure you understand the challenges for women in STEM careers and how your company is focusing on STEM opportunities; this can be key in ultimately attracting top talent.

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Your temporary workers can probably sue you for discrimination

The Employer Handbook

Last week, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals daintily dabbed the Cheez Whiz from their cheeseteak holes and voted provolone out of Philadelphia took up the issue of whether a company with which a staffing company places temporary workers can be sued for discrimination. In a word, yes. Well, actually, squints and rubs chin between right thumb and index finger three times it depends.

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Give Thanks

Workology

As the Thanksgiving season is upon us I think it is worthwhile to take a few minutes to reflect. For those of us in HR, our year is both drawing to a close and increasing in activity. Between open enrollments, Q1 recruitment planning with managers, end of year audits, contract discussions with staffing companies, holiday events, and more, the ability to miss the forest from the trees is very real.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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3 Ways Retailers can Make Black Friday Better

Ceridian

By John Orr, Senior Vice President of Retail at Ceridian For retailers, it’s a challenge 24/7 to meet the many demands of effective workforce management – keeping your store well staffed, handling the inevitable scheduling conflicts and maximizing the productivity of your staff members. These issues are always relevant, but they’re especially pressing as the […].

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Infographic: 10 Ways Assessments Will Change How You Hire

Outmatch

You’re hiring for the holidays. It’s possible you’ve been hiring for the holidays since June. It’s a huge undertaking, and you need to get it right. Your end-of-year numbers and brand loyalty depend on it. The 2015 shopping season will be big. Like into the $6 billions* big. Are you staffed up and ready to meet the demand? If you still need new hires to fill your holiday ranks, we have something special just for you.

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How to Save More Time Screening Candidates

ClearCompany HRM

Interviewing candidates is time consuming. It’s exhausting. It’s expensive. How can you shorten the interview process without sacrificing great clients? You screen the talent pool first. The ATS filters candidates that don’t meet the minimum requirements, but what happens after that is normally left up to the recruiters to determine which of the qualified candidates they’ve been given to truly merit an interview.

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Using RACI to Improve Organizational Teams

HR Bartender

I’m a big believer in accountability. I also believe that, in teams, responsibility and authority go hand in hand. If you’re responsible for a task or project, then you should have the authority to make things happen. You are going to be held accountable for the results. At this year’s Tucana HR Change and Transformation conference, I learned the acronym RACI.

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The President’s Repeal of the ACA Small Group Market Rule: What Employers Need to Know to Avoid Penalties After January 1, 2016

Trinet

This post is part of the TriNet ongoing series about the Affordable Care Act and its effects on small business. President Obama recently approved of the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees. Visit site for full story.

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Automate Your Onboarding Process In 7 Steps

Efficient employee onboarding is more than a warm welcome—it's a catalyst for business growth. Automated onboarding transforms new hires into productive team members faster, fostering long-term satisfaction and talent retention. For HR, automation means replacing inefficient manual processes with streamlined, cost-effective operations. Our eBook reveals how automating employee onboarding delivers these benefits, reducing HR challenges and elevating new employee readiness.

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5 Steps to Avoid Talent Shortfalls Using Data-Driven Workforce Planning

Visier

In the 1950s, when all but 10 percent of open positions in companies were filled internally, “HR was a powerful function, voted the most glamorous area in business by executives,” writes management expert Peter Cappelli in this HBR piece. During the post World War II era, he explains, a huge leadership void had been created by the war. This made “What happens if the boss gets hit by a bus?

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How CSR Is Integral to Your Talent Attraction Strategy

ClearCompany HRM

The season of giving is fast approaching, so what better time to talk about Corporate Social Responsibility? After all, employees are in a festive and charitable mood and wise companies are looking for ways to align employee and company values. Until recently, social responsibility has generally been viewed as a way to enhance employer branding or to offset the effects that business has on the community, society or environment companies depend on.

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Be Happy With How You Currently Spend Your Time

HR Bartender

Andi Fisher over at Misadventures with Andi has done it again. She’s introduced another blog post format that I just love. Here’s the first one that I wrote about. This new one focuses on how you currently spend your time. So I decided to give it a try. Watching : Mr. Bartender and I are loving “ Death in Paradise.” We just discovered the show and are watching past episodes.

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Why Candidate Experience is Least Important for Many

UpstartHR

One of the most common terms around recruiting these days is candidate experience. If you’re late to the game, it’s basically a look at how candidates are treated as they enter your recruiting funnel all the way to getting an offer, if they move that far. It’s comparable to the customer experience: how they are treated, how they feel about the organization, etc.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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10 New Studies on the Benefits of Gratitude

WorkHuman

‘Tis the season for thanksgiving, and in the workplace, the time when our thoughts turn toward gratitude. Gratitude has gotten a lot of press recently, as studies show how great it is, not only for us as individuals, but also for our organizations. Two years ago at this time we shared a whole bibliography of studies on gratitude , showing some of the connections researchers have made between feeling grateful and things like emotional well-being, resilience, physical health, organizational citize

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3 Mindsets That Will Cost You Passive Candidates

ClearCompany HRM

When it comes to critical roles that need to be filled, 95% of the people who you ’d hire aren’t even looking. Why? They’re already cashing a paycheck from another company. It’s why passive candidates are the most sought after candidate in recruiting. It’s like dating, all the good ones are either taken or not interested.

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What PeopleStrategy Employees Are Thankful For

PeopleStrategy

With Thanksgiving this week, it seemed appropriate to do a “What Am I Thankful For” blog. The list below are comments from a recent employee engagement survey conducted by an independent third-party, Workplace Dynamics. PeopleStrategy employees are thankful for: The fact that we have a great product and that there is such an intense focus on serving our clients.

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Cuba: Jerry-rigged To Fail

China Gorman

Gerry Crispin and I led a delegation of 21 senior HR executives to Cuba last week. I’m still processing what we experienced and learned, but wanted to share some high level observations for you. First of all, read Laurie Ruettimann’s blog post from yesterday here. Her take is, as always, captivating and profound. Second, let me set the stage for you.

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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Why Data Should Matter To The Everyday HR Leader

nettime solutions

Work smarter, not harder. That seems to be the trending pattern for many HR administrators, managers, and thought leaders within the industry. With all of the talk about the types of HR data and which measurements should be reviewed and analyzed, it’s difficult to determine which key metrics are the most pertinent to you and your business. According to Nick Bontis, an associate professor at McMaster University , there are many metrics you can analyze, but the main three he suggests reviewing are

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Correctly Classify Your Employees & Freelancers With Our Infographic

Justworks

The nature of the workplace in the US is changing. Employees are increasingly willing to work remotely, part time, and with flexibility. In fact, over 15 million people in the U.S. are self-employed. Companies can employ a variety of employee types. Did you know that a company's workers can fall under seven classifications? Full-time employees. Part-time employees.

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TriNet Named One of the Bay Area’s Best and Brightest Places to Work

Trinet

On November 7, the National Association for Business Resources (NABR) awarded TriNet for being one of the Bay Area’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For®. The award was presented during a. Visit site for full story.

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Why "Settling In" Matters

UrbanBound HR

With the vast majority of our focus on the action-heavy period before and during a move, it’s easy to forget the delicate period that follows. In truth, a relocation isn’t finished until a transferee has reached the point where they are settled in. This isn’t a plea for mollycoddling of the grown adults you have hired to do important jobs, but a reminder that people don’t operate at their peak when they are taxed physically, mentally, and emotionally.

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?

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10 Ways Time & Attendance Software Can Enhance Your Manufacturing Business

nettime solutions

Automation and flexibility can be crucial when it comes to maintaining a successful workflow within a Manufacturing environment. Cloud-based time and attendance software can offer many benefits to the manufacturing world. In an effort to help you realize these benefits, here are 10 reasons advanced time and attendance software can enhance your Manufacturing business: All time punches can be securely captured, right down to the second.

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Update on State Medicaid Expansion Waivers

ACA Times

With recent governors’ elections in Kentucky and Louisiana refocusing attention on state Medicaid expansion decisions, the Kaiser Family Foundation has published an overview of the waivers obtained by six states, and planning now underway in other states. Arkansas, Iowa, Michigan, Indiana, New Hampshire and Montana are currently pursuing alternative Medicaid expansions under the Affordable Care Act.

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How to Stay in the Black to Avoid Debt This Black Friday

Trinet

Join the Stay in the Black Friday movement from TriNet client Payoff. This communication is for informational purposes only; it is not legal, tax or accounting advice; and is not an offer to sell, Visit site for full story.

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The Top 3 Misconceptions About Organizational Fit

Hoops

The concept of fit is talked about incessantly in the context of hiring, for good reason. It is a key indicator of employee retention and productivity, and, as Katie Bouton ( @katiebouton ) writes in the Harvard Business Review, in many instances it is as important as job knowledge or skill set in determining the measurable benefits companies get from their employees.

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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11 Qualities All Effective Leaders Possess

Justworks

Strong leadership is at the core of every successful business. Most leaders seem to have something in common: they each have a certain panache that drives their business forward and evokes admiration. Maybe they’re great at relating to people, or perhaps they have completely innovative ideas. Founders of startups have a particularly tough road ahead of them; it takes a strong leader to move a startup forward.

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Week 3 Plan Selections Near 568,000

ACA Times

The Healthcare.gov online marketplace was used by 567,822 consumers to select insurance plans during the third week of open enrollment, according to the “weekly snapshot report” issued by the The Department of Health and Human Services. Total selections the prior week were 534,778, and the total for the three weeks was 1,645,698, HHS reported. About a third of those selecting health insurance plans on the federal marketplace during all three weeks were new insureds, while two-thirds were renewin

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Growing Talent Management Firms: To E or Not to E?

ATD Human Capital

In the previous blog, we focused on the topic of effectiveness claims. Now, let’s explore the many effectiveness claims made about e-learning. Then and Now. It wasn’t too long ago that the talent development industry was enamored with the advent of online learning. Indeed, many industry gurus were quick to argue that the mere travel savings alone made e-learning solutions worth their weight in gold.